Star Castle Hotel

Can’t say enough about our experience at Star Castle! We stayed 3 nights and were in a room (no. 14) which overlooked the paddock. The room was spacious and our king bed was so comfortable, which was key for my husband’s bad back! One night after a spurt of rain, a full rainbow appeared and highlighted the sun-backed field with the white horse in it; magical! We travelled far from California with a couple friends from the UK and the welcome we received from Sarah and later the owner, James, was terrific. James, we so appreciated your hospitality and chatting with you in the Vine room! You had your choice of dining in the casual, but beautiful Vine Room and for dinner the dining room in the Castle. Food was delicious and appreciated the variety!

Stayed at the Star Castle 6 to 9 August 2025 with a 10 month old and 3 year old. We had an absolutely amazing time. The staff are so family friendly and go out of their way to make sure you have everything you need. The kids menu (served handily at 5.30pm) was fresh and balanced. The chef even pureed all meals for my 10 month old meaning she could eat delicious food and not have to live off jars for the duration of the holiday. Special shoutout to Luke who our 10 month old fell in love with. Breakfast was also great for both adults and kids. What was such a treat is that we could put the kids to bed and eat a lovely, adult meal, a stone‘s throw away with the monitor on the table. We loved the Castle restaurant. Excellent wine list and really appreciated that they didn’t try to push the expensive wines and we had a different, delicious, mid range wine every night. Wonderful and warm indoor pool went down very well with the toddler. She also loved the Wendy House. The hotel driver, Kris is also an extremely nice and helpful man. In summary, it’s a wonderful, family run hotel, where the owners have instilled an extremely warm and friendly culture in all their staff. They go out of your way to make you feel welcome and also make the most of your time in the area. Would highly recommend.

The Star Castle hotel is a wonderful building in an amazing location. We dined in the Castle restaurant which was elegant but a bit tired. The meal was overall ok. Some courses were very nice but a few, not so much. We found all courses to be very small and the meals were not worth the hefty price tag. There are nicer places in St Mary's to eat.

We absolutely loved the Star Castle. Our garden room was spacious and beautifully appointed with a lovely outside seating area. We were visited by a peacock and rabbits. The staff are really wonderful here. Our food in the Castle dining room both evening meals and breakfast were truly exceptional. We will return yet again! Thank you.

Booked the lobster lunch at this hotel for a celebration of our 30th pearl wedding anniversary. We expected the lunch to be in the Vine Restaurant, which according to the website is adorned by a magnificent vine in the conservatory. The photo on the website advertising the lobster lunch shows a lobster lunch served on a terrace with a vineyard in the background. It also states that they organise wine tasting and lobster lunches at the Vineyard. In reality this was not the case. The lobster lunch was served either in the dungeon bar or outside on the terrace battlements on a wooden picnic type table with no view when sitting down. When we queried this, we were told that the Vineyard had been closed for five years! I suggested that they updated their website. The receptionist, when this was brought to her attention stated that this was just a picture of a Vineyard! which of course she was absolutely right, this is very misleading advertising. Be aware!|Although the lobster was very nice, the new potatoes included with the lunch were undercooked in our opinion, we bought this to the attention of the staff at the time.|This was booked by telephone and no confirmation sent by email as we were told “we are old school”.|Staff were otherwise friendly and service good.

We went for a special occasion and were very disappointed. We booked the conservatory restaurant. Staff in there very uninterested. Food very average. No lighting outside and it was dark. Toilet outside-again in the dark. Maybe a different experience if you're a resident but adverts say non residents are welcome. Not my experience.

We enjoyed our stay. The staff were very helpful with direction, recommendation and reservations for our boat trips. We arrived early and our room was not ready. They secured our luggage, while we went for an explore. The grounds are lovely and the trail around the fort/castle made for a good hike.

For the last few years our final treat of our Scillies holiday was to dine in the conservatory of Star Castle . What a treat that was .Beautifully presented imaginative and superbly tasty food . It was a short menu with 5 or 6 options in starter main and desert . Not cheap but excellent value for money in a very pleasant environment . |Not any more , all that has gone to be replaced by a pub grub style menu card with many more options . That wouldn’t be so bad if they could deliver that with any degree of quality .From tonight’s experience they can’t .|Something has changed , maybe the bean counters are in charge ? Maybe the talented chef has moved on to be replaced by a cook that sought refuge in st Mary’s .One thing is for sure is that he isn’t French and he can’t cook .|Starters was a bitter tasting chicken liver pate served in a jar that may have once contained baby food followed by a bouillabaisse that wasn’t . It wasnt a bouillabaisse and it wasn’t even nice . In fact it wasn’t even edible . Random bits of fish covered in a gloopy curry coloured thick sauce that was utterly tasteless but surrounded by mussels . It was sent back and replaced by a very ordinary roasted chicken breast with a gravy . At least that was home from home . |Star Castle no longer offers anything close to fine dining but still demands the price . The pubs in Hugh Town do what star castle does much better and at half the price . It’s so sad to see how far this once fine dining experience has fallen .

This place is Magical! Our accommodations were Excellent! Perfect for a family with kids. No words can describe the views! Traveled from the US, with no Check Card Visa issues to pay.